The Hawk

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1988

Production year

1988

Runtime

36 min

Category

film

Genre

étude

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent filmmedium

Original title

Jestřáb

Czech title

Jestřáb

English title

The Hawk

Synopsis

Petr's parents died tragically. Petr's godparents – an elder couple – don't know what to do with the teenage boy, so they send him to his uncle and aunt. The aunt, Věra, is an attractive woman and the teenaged Petr falls in love with her. He sees her naked in his first erotic dreams. Petr recalls his father, who used to teach him pistol shooting on cans. Věra's husband is a scuccesful photographer and Petr hates him. He kills his tamed hawk and he knocs down his doves with a shovel. The boy does not perceive his own cruel behaviour. He suspects that his uncle he wants to harm his aunt. The uncle throws out the intractable Petr. Petr returns to his godparents. Soon he learns that his aunt Věra died after a furious wolfhound bit her.

Crew and creators

Based on

Dušan Mitana (Jestřáb /Jastrab/ – povídka ze sbírky Na prahu)

Director of Photography

Martin Stránský

Second Unit Photography

Miro Gábor

Camera Operator

Robert Zalay

Film Editor

Milenia Fiedler

Assistant Film Editor

Magda Landsmanová

Unit Production Manager

Martina Zaoralová, Tomáš Valík

Pedagogical management

Antonín Kachlík (režie), Otakar Fuka, Jan Kališ (kamera), Alois Fišárek (střih), Karel Vejřík

Cooperation

Jasmin Dizdarević, Dagmar Dominová, Dušan Havran, Hana Lagová, Jan Makovička, Jana Mašíková, Robert Novák, Vladimír Omasta, Janos Ratki, Zdeněk Svoboda, Milan Tomsa, Jindra Trepková, Pavol Vajs

Music

Music Composed by

Martin Moser

Selected Music

Johann Sebastian Bach

Production info

Original Title

Jestřáb

Czech Title

Jestřáb

English Title

The Hawk

Category

film

Typology

featurenon-theatrical distributionstudent film

Genre

étude

Student film

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1988

Production Year

1988

Production

Studio FAMU

Technical info

Duration typology

medium length film

Duration in minutes

36 min

Original length in metres

1 012 meters

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech